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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
The FBI is on the scene of a deadly attack
on a Mormon church in Michigan. It happened Sunday morning
in a small community about fifty miles north of Detroit.
Four people plus the shooter were killed and several others injured.
Authority say forty year old Thomas Sandford, and a Rock
War veteran, plowed his vehicle through the front doors of
the church in Grand Blank, Michigan, started shooting Jay Gray

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at the scene.

Speaker 4 (00:33):
Federal agents, police and firefighters continuing to work the scene.
Investigators searching the suspects home as a stun community also
searches for answers. We have also witnessed the result of
wicked ruling our county, Saint Nation. We heard a big
bang and it blew the doors in the church and

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in everything after that was chaos.

Speaker 3 (00:58):
Man also set a fire before being fatally shot by
responding officers in the parking lot. The Trump administration is
being sued by the state of Oregon and the city
of Portland in an effort to block the deployment of
National Guard troops to Portland. The President announced on Saturday
he'd be sending troops to protect Portland Ice facilities from
what he called, quote domestic terrorists in a quote or

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ravaged city. Meanwhile, the National Guard is expected to arrive
in Memphis sometime this week. Agents from over a dozen
federal agencies will be in town to help out as
part of the continuing federal crackdown on crime. Senate Minority
Leader Chuck Schumer says serious negotiations need to take place
when the President meets with congressional leaders in order to

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avoid a shut down. During an appearance on NBC's Meet
the Press, Schumer said reaching a deal depends on the Republicans.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
But the fundamental question hasn't been answered yet, and we'll
see on Monday. Are they serious about negotiating with us
in a real way.

Speaker 3 (01:59):
Congress has just two days left to agree on a
stopgap bill to keep the government fully funded past Tuesday.
I'm Michael Kasner, a US citizen, is free after spending
nine months held by the Taliban in Afghanistan or from
Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
The fifth American released by the Taliban this year is
identified as Amir Amir, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed
that Amir had been freed following a series of negotiations
led by Cutter. Amir had been held since December of
last year. It's not clear why the Taliban had taken
Amri into custody. I'm Rory O'Neil.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
There's a new information about the death investigation linked with
multi platinum R and B singer David in Los Angeles
Daniel Martindale.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
The remains of Celeste Reevas Hernandez, a missing fifteen year
old girl from Lake Elsinore, were found in the singer's
tesla on September eighth. The remains were dismembered and inside
a bag stuffed in the trunk. The La Times reports
that tesla was abandoned in the Hollywood Hills street over
from the home David was renting. Residents complained to the
city about the vehicle. The tesla was ticketed on August

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twenty seventh and again on September third, untiled on September fifth,
The La County Medical Examiner released the team's remains to
her family last week.

Speaker 3 (03:14):
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is dropping his bid
for reelection. Despite all we've achieved. I cannot continue my
reelection campaign. Adams took to social media Sunday to say
constant media speculation and the recent decision by the city's
campaign finance Board to withhole public funding from his reelection

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effort made it impossible to stay in the race. The
Bad Money is set to headline the twenty twenty six
Super Bowl halftime show. He made the announcement Sunday nights,
saying in his statement that it was for those who
came before me and ran countless yards so I could
come in and score a touchdown. Super Bowl sixty will

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take place February eighth at Levi Stadium in Santa Claric, California.
That's home of the San Francisco forty nine ers. I'm
Michael Cassner.